While nominations are open in all categories, we're also featuring a few genres at a time over the first few days — Eds. You'll find no dragons or magic, robots or vampires here. Just real people, in the real world, in real situations. In a good YA novel teens will find themselves and discover their world. A great YA novel …

While nominations are open in all categories, we're also featuring a few genres at a time over the first few days — Eds. The middle grade years are those with the most potential to turn a child into a reader for life. It's often the books you read between the ages of 8-12 that you remember long into adulthood as …

While nominations are open in all categories, we're also featuring a few genres at a time over the first few days — Eds. When children learn to read, they start with very simple "easy readers" and move up to short books with chapters.  Easy readers are the small 6"x9" books with short simple sentences. Easy readers have 8-64 pages, a …

While nominations are open in all categories, we're also featuring a few genres at a time over the first few days — Eds. Science fiction and fantasy takes us to realms of the imagination: places and times and realities where the rules of life may be different than our own and where the impossible and improbable become real. But good …

While nominations are open in all categories, we're also featuring a few genres at a time over the first few days — Eds. A good picture book is a pleasing merger of text and artwork. A great picture book is a celebration of story and illustration, with lasting appeal for kids and/or adults. The best picture books completely excel in …

While nominations are open in all categories, we're also featuring a few genres at a time over the first few days — Eds. The graphic novel is one of the most versatile categories of children's literature, combining pictures and words to form a seamless flow of story on almost any topic imaginable. Unlike standard 32-page picture books, targeted largely to …

While nominations are open in all categories, we're also featuring a few genres at a time over the first few days — Eds. School Library Journal says that kids are paying more attention to nonfiction. Amen! 2009 has been a stellar year for the facts, and this is the spot to nominate informational books for older children and teenagers: biography, …

While nominations are open in all categories, we're also featuring a few genres at a time over the first few days — Eds. Kids love interesting non-fiction books. Kids love information books. And the sky is the limit for kids' interests. The Non-fiction/Information Picture Book category is looking for stunning, visual nominees that capture the curiosity and wonder of children …

While nominations are open in all categories, we're also featuring a few genres at a time over the first few days — Eds.WHAT BELONGS IN THE POETRY CATEGORY: Poetry collections, whether for toddlers, school-aged kids or teens. If it's a picture book that consists of a single poem, it belongs with the appropriate category of picture books. If it's a …